FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23CO Restricting admissibility of disclosed material as evidence in other proceedings

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23CO

  (1)   The Court may order that any or all of the material disclosed under this Subdivision is not admissible:

  (a)   in any other proceedings before the Court; or

  (b)   in any other court (whether exercising federal jurisdiction or not); or

  (c)   in any proceedings before a person authorised by a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, or by the consent of the parties, to hear evidence.

  (2)   An order made under subsection   (1) ceases to have effect if, during the indictable primary proceedings, the material is lawfully disclosed in open court.

  (3)   The Court may, on the application of an interested person (whether during the indictable primary proceedings or otherwise), order that an order made under subsection   (1) be:

  (a)   set aside; or

  (b)   varied;

if the Court is satisfied it is in the interests of justice to do so.

  (4)   The Court may, before making an order under subsection   (3), direct that notice of the application be given to such persons as it thinks fit or be published in such manner as it thinks fit, or both.